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E. E. RAGON.

CONTAINER. v i APPLICATION FILED MAY 3| 19|9 Peteeted Feb.10,'1920.

ELMER E. RAGON, or GARY, INDIANA.. l l

l CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

Application filed May 3, 1919.' Serial No. 294,469.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER E. RAGON, a citizen of the United Stat-es, and residing in Gary, Indiana, U. S.- A., have invented a new and useful Improvements in Containers. f.

My invention relates to water proof containers. T he purpose of this invention is to furnish a depository for valuable and damageable articles carried as personal property by persons lwho are entering water bodily, Y

either intentionally .or forcibly, such as bathers, or parties en a sinking vessel. A

specific use is as a depository for jewelryV and currency of a bather at a public bathing place who does not wish to trust his effects to the checking room.

In the accompanying drawing,

assembly, Fig. :2 shows a top view of the same, Fig. 3 shows 1n elevation and cross section, the outer member, Fig. 4 similarlyk showsthe inner member of the container, Y

Fig. 5 shows in cross section an inner receptacle for holding a watch.

The invention consists in general, of two metal capsules 0r cans, each with a'screwV cover, and preferably having a gasket of soft material such as cork within the cover, which.

serves to make a water tight seal, though neither the gasket nor the water tight seal are essential parts of the invention, but are" suppliedvfcr safety in case the device has been improperly assembled.

The outer can 1, which may be attached to a belt by some means such as metal strap 2,l v has the screw cap cover 3, and 1s worn with the cover end down. The inner can 4, is inserted with the cover 5 at the top. Should any water enter the outer-can, due to an imperfect seal by the -cover,vit would have to fill the entire space 6, between the cans beligure 1 shows an elevation ofthe device in complete` 'ing' a disk 12 by means of rivet 17. Y The fore it could enter the inner can. This it will be'unable to do, because' the airl within has .nof v escape except byway of the cover, whichvk path is effectively sealed by the water itself.

The inner can 4 may beinade with' an ,eX- tending flange 7 from 'its base, whichvextends into ,the recess 8 in'outer can 1,"thus .pre-

venting the insertion of the inner can wrong end first.

A third receptaclel 10, with cover 11,

may-be mounted within cover 5, preferably by being attached to cover 5 in some manner such as by solder 14, or rivet 16. Thefwall 1,5 of receptacleel extends beyondfthe side. 9 of cover 5 to enable the Vcover 11 to be l readily grasped by the hand.

lVithin the receptacle -10 is av coil spring 18 attached to 10 as by rivet 16,andsupp'orttensionv of spring 13 is such that awatch will be firmly.v held between disk 12,V and cover.

' 11. The surfaces of disk 12 and cover 11 as well as the sides of wall 15 which corne in contact with the watch maybe lined with felt to prevent any injury to the watch case. l

Havingv thus described my invention, what 'I claim is,--,q l

a spring attached within, supporting a disk or. plate.' y

Witnesses v FRANK ZIvNEr,

J.' MCFADDEN.

ELMER E RAGON. Y, 

